{"id":89,"date":"2013-10-18T10:03:28","date_gmt":"2013-10-18T14:03:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/catalog-2010-2011\/sshs\/socialscience\/"},"modified":"2013-11-01T14:56:12","modified_gmt":"2013-11-01T18:56:12","slug":"socialscience","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/catalog-2010-2011\/sshs\/socialscience\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Science (B.A.)"},"content":{"rendered":"
Social Science is an interdisciplinary contract major offered through the School of Social Science and Human Services. It is designed to enable students with specialized interests in the Social Sciences to develop, in collaboration with a faculty advisor, a coherent program of courses in areas of inquiry for which regular majors are not offered, allowing students to explore specialized or emerging fields. Examples of such programs include, but are not limited to:<\/p>\n
It is recommended that students consider combining their major concentration with an appropriate minor(e.g. Sociology, Psychology, Substance Abuse, Women’s Studies, African-American Studies, Latin American Studies, Economics).<\/p>\n
Each of the concentrations requires 10 courses at least 4 of which must be at the upper level and a research methods course. Since the choice of concentration and design of the major are individualized, interested students are encouraged to contact the convener early in their college careers.<\/p>\n
The major is offered by the School of Social Science and Human Services and leads to a BA degree.In addition to the major requirements, students must fulfill the following General Education and School of Social Science and Human Services requirements below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
Note: A 2.0 GPA in the major is required for graduation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
General Education Requirements<\/a> Four Year Plan Website: School of School of Social Science and Human Services Concentration: Africana Studies, Community Mental Health, Cultural Studies, Ethnic Relations, Gender Studies and Labor Studies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":83,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"page_leftCol.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-89","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nGraduation Requirements<\/a>
\nSchool of Social Science and Human Services Website<\/a>
\nFaculty Profiles<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"